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Revi and I were talking about writing styles and compatibility the other day after she posted her mini Workshop about conflicting styles!

We all have our own unique ways of writing. Sometimes you can merge beautifully with a playing partner. Your styles are similar or have a great balance to each other. ...And sometimes you get the total opposite problem! You might find someone's writing style is too short and choppy./ You might not like flowery prose. You might prefer actions to dialogue.

This week's poll is all about your writing style! 8D Think about the way you write posts, and vote in the poll. Then tell us why you write the way you do!

When you write out your roleplay posts - what is your top priority to convey? What has to be prevalent in your post, or else you'll feel like it's not finished/good enough?

I am an aggressive. I love adding to the flavor of a story and bringing in NPCs (I sometimes fall in love with NPCs and make them full characters). There are times when I want to be lazy though so I don't mind playing in a game someone else is directing.

Favorite Genres:

Fantasy, be it full blown other world, modern Earth or spacey. I don't mind other genres. I love action in general.

Genre You DON'T Like:

Horror and technical sci-fi.

It needs to forward the plot! If the characters are walking from point A to point B in my partners post while the characters are talking my post can't stop at point B it needs to be point B+. in other words, get to C, show something plot important to B or anything else. I don't want my partner even if they're GMing a scene to have to carry the timeline alone.

I tend to have some sort of inner thought going on, even if it is completely random. I mean, isn't that how thoughts are? You start thinking of one thing, then it reminds you of something else, and you get onto a whole new level of thinking. Doesn't happen to you? Well, then...

Grammar and spelling are a big thing for me. I use Firefox, so if the automatic spellcheck says something's wrong, and I read back and know it is, I get a huge epic boost ^,..,^

I will stop at nothing short of perfection with regards to my grammar and spelling. =¬=

Other than that, I tend to include a lot of inner thought if that's what the other RPers are doing. I don't really like it too much for third person prompts, but if I'm going for detail, I'd rather emphasise the character's motivations (subtly and tactfully) than describe how their eyes ("orbs") sparkle or how their hair cascades down their back.

Post length is determined by necessity; sometimes it makes sense to write half a dozen paragraphs to describe something, but other times I find the practice superfluous.

Dialogue is nice, but given my tendency to play taciturn characters, it doesn't exactly make sense for them to ask five questions at once -- even if it means that my partners don't have a lot to work with. Quiet people aren't talkative, and I feel uncomfortable changing that. >:c If the entirety of their dialogue for a single post consists of "Um...okay.", so be it. It's better than breaking character!

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A Few Posts A Day, One Post a Day, A Few Posts a Week, One Post a Week

Writing Levels:

Intermediate, Adept, Advanced

Genders You Prefer Playing:

Male, Female, Primarily Prefer Female

Playing Style- Passive or Aggressive:

I like doing both equally. Sometimes I will direct a scene and other times I will have my partner direct the scenes. If things are talked out ahead of time then I'm more like to help the scene along than if I have no idea what the plan is.

Favorite Genres:

I enjoy Fantasy, Scifi, Romance, Magical, Modern and much more. I probably can't list them all! If there is something you want to try and it isn't listed here, just ask. I rarely say no!

Genre You DON'T Like:

Horror, I am not fond of horror that I can't control so I won't play unless I know what is happening earlier on. I know that kind of ruins the fun of the RP but I get easily freaked out and my imagination runs pretty wild, so I'd rather not risk it.

I usually write depending on how my partner writes. sort of a give what your get situation. But I feel like that works! If a person is writing short posts that are to carry on a small an insignificant scene then I'll keep mine short. If my partner has long flowery posts, I try to give the same kind of detail and attention as they gave me to read! However, still my writing style prevails.

I usually have a lot of inner thinking that really isn't thinking, just commentary that my character more than likely agrees upon. She might also think openly as well but I avoid dialogue thinking, so it's more paragraph like unless I really want it known that she was thinking this exactly. Also, I like having paragraphs, I think it looks nice and that that it makes it easier for my partner to read, a lot easier than a wall of text anyway. Grammer is also a biggy for me, though that is mostly because I want the proper meaning to be delivered. Other than that, I just try to match!

Much to my dismay and annoyance, I find that my writing style is short and to the point. I can not dwell on a single action for too long, and I can not really give details, so when I write, I usually include multiple actions in a single paragraph. Usually, each one of my sentences moves the action along a bit, but I can pause for descriptions, just not for very detailed ones. In the past, my writing style was even briefer, as I used short sentences, which almost always contained an action, making the prose look like as if it was written by a hyperactive monkey. I am still trying to combat this tendency of keeping everything short, but my progress is very, very slow.

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Group Roleplays, One on One Roleplays, Chat Roleplays, Private Convo Roleplays

Posting Speed:

A Few Posts A Day, A Few Posts a Week, Slow As Molasses

Writing Levels:

Give-No-Fucks, Intermediate, Adept

Genders You Prefer Playing:

Male, Female, Androgynous

Playing Style- Passive or Aggressive:

If I am confident with the setting and have a subplot/specific character development I'm going for, my style is more dominant. It also depends on the style of writing of other players and whether they are directing a scene or reacting to it. If a player is creating a set of circumstances and I have no goal in mind, I will play passively. If other players are playing passively, I will play aggressively.

It varies roleplay to roleplay.

Favorite Genres:

Fantasy, paticularly Dark Fantasy. Generally I will try anything if it has a good strong plot, magic or mystery.

Genre You DON'T Like:

Gory Horror, Fandom (I rarely feel I can capture the personality of a cannon character accurately)

I don't do any one thing in paticular, it depends on the roleplay and character. But I will always include at least one of those in my post, I just don't think about it consciously and decide which :<

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What? Oh, right, posts.I am insistent on my grammar being as close to prefect as possible, even if my keyboard is a little sod. I also try as hard as I can to include all the bells and adjectives in my posts - i feel uncomfortable making simple posts. It doesn't sit right with me.

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I need multiple paragraphs. I feel as though I've failed in my post if I'm just one paragraph written. There needs to be AT LEAST 2!! >.<
And even then, I'm like "...I could have written more..."

I also need to forward the plot in some way. Reveal information that the other characters can use, or perform an action that requires another character's response. But the plot needs to go forward, if only just a step. While I like reading and writing inner thoughts, there needs to be some kind of action or dialogue.

And spelling. I have auto correct on both computers that I use, so if I misspell something, it really annoys me.

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In every post I don't post for simply furthering the plot, I almost always have to have some flowery, wax-poetic description and some insertion of my own thoughts or comments on the situation. I blame the whole flowery prose part on my constant writing of poetry.

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I like inner thoughts, perfect grammar (although spelling sometimes is a different story lol), and I also LOVE detail, so I usually have multiple paragraphs. I will marry you if you reply with at least 3 good sized paragraphs that I can get something out of :D

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Several Posts a Day, A Few Posts A Day, One Post a Day, A Few Posts a Week, One Post a Week

My Usual Online Time:

Afternoons, evenings and nights.

Writing Levels:

Intermediate, Adept, Advanced, Adaptable

Genders You Prefer Playing:

Male, Female

Playing Style- Passive or Aggressive:

Both. I usually start off a bit more passive while getting used to the world and my character(s), but once I feel like I know my character(s) well I usually feel very comfortable with becoming more aggressive.

I like it if both parties can do things for the plot and create new characters, both villains and heroes. If you are completely passive, we might not fit each other.

Favorite Genres:

Historical, fantasy, magic, horror, supernatural, survival, vampires, demons, pirates, mutants, ghosts, romance (FxF, MxM, MxF) (Romance should be part of the plot and not the whole plot in itself), etc.

Genre You DON'T Like:

Scifi. Mecha. Combat. Overly action oriented stuff. Overly ecchi or sexual (Characters can have sex, but fade to black is a must.). Slice of life (I need something to spice up the rp, like supernatural stuff or a fantasy/historical setting. Otherwise it gets boring real quickly.)

I need to write some inner thoughts so that the frustration or happiness or whatever my character feels gets out, at the same time I must have with in the post how she/he is acting on the outside and I prefer to have them say something small (or big) in every post or else it is a big chance that the rp doesn't goes forward (if it isn't a group roleplay) But sometimes I can live with not having any talking and just write how the person is looking or if the person is doing something.
I prefer if it is many paragraph's too but lately because of stress I haven't been able to get a roleplay with so many paragraph's. But as fast as school is finished I will start some new one x one with a loooot of paragraphs so I can feel satisfied with my posts ;)

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